By
Kellie Powell

MONOLOGUES:
Jessie
Carla

SUMMARY:
This ten-minute play exposes the difficulty depressed persons experience when seeking treatment for suicidal thoughts and feelings. Jessie, a young college graduate, attempts suicide one night but is rescued by her roommate. After this ordeal, her mother convinces her to go to see a new therapist: Carla. Carla is almost comically unsympathetic and gives Jessie amazingly specific advice about how to "snap out of it."

CAST:
2 Women.

LENGTH:
10 Minutes.

PRODUCTION HISTORY:
Top Notch Players One-Act Play Festival, May 2011, directed by Geehae Moon.

PURCHASE:
Electronic copies of Your Money's Worth can be purchased for $5.00, using PayPal. When your payment has been received, a link to download the PDF of the script will be sent to the e-mail address associated with your account.

CARLA No one's going to see what you have to offer if you're miserable all the time.

JESSIE Strangers don't usually know when I'm miserable. I can fake it when I need to.

CARLA No, you can't. You are a bad faker.

JESSIE I'm not. You're not getting the version of me that I usually show to the world. I'm being honest here because it's therapy and I won't get anything out of it if all I do is lie to you. I've been doing this long enough to know that. You don't know what I'm like when I'm out in the world.

CARLA Trust me, someone would have to be blind to not see how miserable you are. My impression of you is that you're like a neglected, homeless kid.

JESSIE I have to say, that makes me feel really defensive.

CARLA Looking at you makes me want to take you shopping for some clothes and straighten up your apartment.